Arsonists targeted the front doors of two houses and also destroyed a car overnight, the police said.

The police said the first case was reported at 2.45 a.m. in Main Street, Mellieha, where a tyre was placed against the facade of a house and set on fire, extensively damaging the door..

The second case occurred at Mikelang Sapiano Street, Mqabba.Although no one was injured, a 14-year-old girl had to be hospitalised for smoke inhalation.

A similar case also occurred yesterday, when the door of a house in Triq il-Madonna tal-Gilju, Mqabba, was also set on fire.

The police also reported hat a fire also extensively damaged a Peugeot that was parked beneath Fort St Elmo in Valletta early this morning.

But the police this evening said the car had deliberately been lit by its owner, who is being treated in hospital for burns.

The fire was put out by Civil Protection Department personnel.